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Rural diversity refers to the presence of a diverse population of people in a low-density area outside of a city. While the term "rural" is contextual, it generally refers to a relatively low population density, a land-based economy (particularly agricultural), and a distinct regional identity. Some researchers have defined rurality as existing on a continuum.[1] A report estimates that in 2020, 43.85% of the world's population was living in rural areas.[2] However, the United Nations predicts that this number will shrink in the coming years; projecting that 68% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050.[3] Rural areas may lack diversity in demographics like religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health, socioeconomic status, physical ability, or other socially significant identifiers.
Diversity in a rural context is different from urban diversity in that the underrepresented populations of those of the identities listed above are usually numerically smaller than might be found in cities. However, some researchers have suggested that trends indicate the distinction between urban and rural diversity, in terms of community ethnoracial composition, has become less clear.[1] The small size of many rural communities still means that many of these groups tend to be relatively invisible or go unnoticed, oftentimes to avoid drawing attention to themselves as a defense to avoid rejection by the majority. For example, although almost 20% of the United States' rural population is non-white, and a similar proportion of the nation’s LGBTQ+ people also live in rural areas, rural areas are often depicted as completely heterosexual and white.[4] This lack of visibility can result in a deficiency of resources for marginalized populations in rural areas, inadequate policies that fail to take the experiences of the underrepresented populations into account, and a general misunderstanding of rural populations.
^ abLee, Barrett; Sharp, Gregory (July 2017). "Ethnoracial Diversity across the Rural-Urban Continuum". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 672 (1): 26–45. doi:10.1177/0002716217708560. JSTOR 26362015. PMC 6897380. PMID 31814626.
^"World Rural Population 1960-2022". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
^"68% of the world population projected to live in urban areas by 2050, says UN | UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
^Illing, Sean (April 24, 2017). ""Rural America" doesn't mean "white America" — here's why that matters". Vox. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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and Society, Volume 29, Number 1 / February, 2000 Henry A Landsberger, Rural protest: peasant movements and social change, Barnes and Noble, 1973, ISBN 0-06-494029-2...
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popularity in the 1940s–1960s as a collective term, often referring to rural populations of developing countries in general, as the "semantic successor...
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harshest environments, and pastoral production supports the livelihoods of rural populations on almost half of the world's land. Several hundred million...
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